After
The Business Council mounted strong opposition to proposals
to tax Internet-based commerce, Congress voted to reject Internet
taxes and instead extended for two years the current moratorium
on Internet taxation
The
Business Council is seeking status as an "intervenor" in two
more power-plant application cases pending before the state
Siting Board.
The
Council will seek this status in an application by Wawayanda
Energy Center to site a 540-megawatt natural gas-fired plant
in Orange County, and in an application by Astoria Generating
Company to site a 1,842-megawatt natural gas-fired plant in
Queens
New
York State's total jobs declined 0.4 percent in October 2001
compared to the same period the previous year, new government
job figures analyzed by The Public Policy Institute show.
The data originate with the state Department of Labor and
the U
The Public
Policy Institute of New York State, The Business Council's research affiliate,
has published a summary of The Council's Sept. 21 panel discussion on
how businesses can help New York's schools meet the state's academic standards.
The report,
entitled What Can Business Do to Help the Schools Improve
The
Public Policy Institute of New York State, The Business Council's
research affiliate, has published a summary of The Council's
Sept. 21 panel discussion on how businesses can help New York's
schools meet the state's academic standards
To continue
recovering from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, New York must "give highest
priority to those steps that promise the greatest payoff in economic growth,"
Business Council President Daniel B. Walsh said in a letter to Governor
George Pataki.
Walsh praised
the Governor for his strong leadership in the wake of the atrocity, and
said New Yorkers will meet the challenge of moving forward "because of
the vitality of our people and our businesses, and because of the dramatic
improvements you and the Legislature have made in our economic climate
in recent years
To
continue recovering from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, New
York must "give highest priority to those steps that promise
the greatest payoff in economic growth," Business Council
President Daniel B. Walsh said in a letter to Governor George
Pataki
The
state Insurance Department has unveiled a new Web site designed
to help consumers choose a health maintenance organization
(HMO) or other health insurer.
The
"Consumer Guide to HMOS".
The
site was introduced at a time when many consumers are making
choices about their future health insurance provider, and,
in some cases, changing providers, Greg Serio, superintendent
of the department, said
New
York State has introduced a new Web site designed to be a
"one-stop shop" for small businesses that need or want to
interact with state government in order to start or expand
in New York.
Empire
State Development designed the new site with input from key
state agencies
Most
states, including New York, are predicting much slower revenue
growth and a generally bleak fiscal outlook, and more than
half of states have enacted budget cuts or limitations on
spending, a new survey of states by the National Conference
of State Legislatures (NCSL)